Damien writes, According to James Callis, who plays
President Baltar, the upcoming season 3 of everyone’s current favorite
scifi show is going to be even darker, more dystopic than before.
Warning: slightly spoilery.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Oh Yeah. Great shots of Titan.
We missed the ship on this one but, earlier this month, NASA released some great images (including movies) of Titan, moon of Saturn and popular setting of old school SF novels.
Strangers in Paradise: High School!
“What most people don’t know about love, sex, and relations with other human beings would fill a book. Strangers in Paradise is that book.”
–Neil GaimanShe keeps a moet de something
in a pretty cabinet…
–Francine sings along to Queen.1
Though I was certainly aware of Moore’s Strangers in Paradise, it was not until I bought the High School! back issues for a friend that I finally read and got hooked. The sixth trade paperback tells the story behind the series’ opening pages and the origin of Francine and Katchoo’s friendship.
It also features a stand-alone Xena parody, “Princess Warrior.”
The Da Vinci Code opens to lukewarm response
The adaptation of Dan Brown’s overhyped Da Vinci Code opened yesterday to mostly poor-to-middling reviews. The Bureau’s take is forthcoming.
Strangers in Paradise: Immortal Enemies
“Oh, God. No.”
“You’d be surprised how many people say that in the end. I always tell them the same thing… God’s not with us.”
A crime-caesar and a crime-brutus
The Strangers in Paradise chapter or story arc that began with Love Me Tender finishes with Immortal Enemies. The fifth trade paperback, it takes Moore’s comic series/graphic novel into conspiracy-theory territory, not for the last time.
Bart-le Star Galactica
I realize that linking to a livejournal isn’t the norm for this site, but given that most of our posters are huge fans of BSG, I thought everyone would appreciate this depiction of Battlestar Galactica folk as Simpsons characters.
Strangers in Paradise: Love Me Tender
Strangers in Paradise may not be as hot right now as Infinite Crisis or Civil War (which Fiz will be reviewing presently, and which I cautiously recommend), but Terry Moore’s series has much to recommend it. My review of the entire series, which ends next year, continues with Love Me Tender. The fourth trade paperback, it is an excellent example of what draws many readers to this series.
It also features a great superhero parody sequence by Jim Lee, with an apparent cameo by Bruce Wayne.
Infinite Crisis #6-7
Some kind of scarab crawled into me and put this suit on me and now… I’m in space with Batman. Looking for an invisible satellite.
–Blue Beetle, evidently having one of those, don’t ask sorts of days.
The saga that began with Infinite Crisis #1 comes to a somewhat disappointing conclusion. The finale promises some interesting developments for the DC Universe, but nothing that required this highly confusing story as their harbinger. It’s the comic-business as usual; routine retcons, super-hype, and a few good moments.
Ender’s Game Director?
Set writes, From Sci-Fi Wire, does Ender’s Game have a director finally? Of course, considering the last update on the Fresco Pictures site, who knows?
GenreCon
If you’re near Sarnia, Ontario (about halfway between Toronto and Detroit) and you’re looking for something to do next Saturday, March 6, check out GenreCon 2006. The guest list this year may not have writers as well-known as Robert J. Sawyer or
Robert Charles Wilson (both on panels last year), but a number of writers in the horror, sf, and mystery fields will appear, including Julia Vryheid, PJ Coldren, Dennis Collins, Marcy Italiano, and others, along with writer and, uh, online personality, the Timeshredder.